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I have compiled KDE 3.5.2 on my mandriva 2006 machine. I used konstruct to do it and now I am stuck. Since I ran konstruct as root, I have a folder named kde3.5.2 in the root directory. However I am not able to use the newly compiled KDE and am stuck with KDE 3.4.2. In the readme file, I was instructed to do this:

After installation
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After installation you have to set some variables allowing your system to find
KDE binaries and libraries and KDE to allow to find its own files, for Bash:

export QTDIR=~/kde3.5.2
export KDEDIR=~/kde3.5.2
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.5.2

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.5.2/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.5.2/bin:$PATH

I am relatively new to linux and don't know what "for BASH:" means. I just tried to execute these commands as root but nothing happened. Please tell me how I can actually use the newly compiled version. Thanks.

Thanks Bram. I addded the lines to my ".bashrc". Unfortunately there is no file named ".xinitrc". I am however able to start KDE 3.5.2 from the command line. I have a few problems though.
1) The clock applet and the tray have disappeared. They exited once with an error saying that they could not be loaded and I should check my installation. There is no error message since then but no tray or clock either.
2)When I open konqueror, I get the following error 3 times:

There was an error loading the module Icon View.
The diagnostics is:
/home/akshay/kde3.5.2/lib/kde3/konq_iconview.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK18KonqIconViewWidget12selectedUrlsENS_8UrlFlagsE

and then I get another error 5 times:

There was an error loading the module Tree View.
The diagnostics is:
/home/akshay/kde3.5.2/lib/kde3/konq_listview.so: undefined symbol: _ZN8KonqDragC1ERKN4KURL4ListES3_bP7QWidget

Then the konqueror windows opens with a black background without any icons.

3)Prior to the KDE 3.5.2 installation, there was an option wherein I could automatically log in as "akshay" and enter the desktop without the login screen. How do I make that feature work with KDE 3.5.2? (I had to disable this option in the control center to make KDE 3.5.2 work)

Please help me. Thanks in advance.